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Synonyms for carver

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kahr-ver
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɑr vər

Définition of carver

Origin :
  • late 14c. (late 13c. as a surname), "one who carves" (in some sense); agent noun from carve (v.). In a set of dining chairs, the one with the arms, usually at the head of the table, is the carver (1927), reserved for the one who carves.
  • As in engraver : noun graver
  • As in sculptor : noun sculpture maker
Example sentences :
  • A carver in the neighborhood engaged to make the figurehead.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Nay, it was to be "all wrought out of the carver's brain," and the brain was ready.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • It would be a shame in the country, and what would Mrs. Carver herself think?
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Mr. Carver says, you are as good as the Bank of Ireland—there's no going beyond that.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • And all the edication she got at Mrs. Carver's Sunday school!
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Ay, and if it would, then, it's Carver that would quake like the aspin leaf—I know that.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • From carelessness in not covering the latter with paper, it is sometimes dried up, to the great disappointment of the carver.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • Carver, Bradford, Winslow, and Standish were of their number.
  • Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
  • She answered that she hoped I did not mean to compare Mr. Carver with you.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • He's come and so's his daughter and that young Carver feller.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

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